Josh Wise


170 games reviewed
70.5 average score
70 median score
61.8% of games recommended
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Apr 25, 2026

Darwin's Paradox! stars an octopus named Darwin, who is fished out of water by a flying saucer, to be diced, sealed into canned goods, and served to...

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70% - Replaced
Apr 22, 2026

Apparently, Replaced has been languishing in development hell for the best part of a decade. This was news to me, but it suits the game's setting,...

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80% - Hades II
Apr 20, 2026

Well, I'll be damned: such is the premise of Hades II, which arrives on consoles after a period of purgatory. It crept into early access, on PC, in...

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70% - Pragmata
Apr 13, 2026

The new game from Capcom, Pragmata, begins in freaky fashion. Four astronauts board a base on the moon, looking for trouble. Not looking to make trou...

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Apr 7, 2026

Dodge, casing, modem, cordite, enamel, retina, and collude. You are unlikely to find this particular assortment of words in a single video game, much ...

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Mar 31, 2026

It's been what feels like a millennium since the last entry in the Legacy of Kain series, back in 2003. Then again, for the vampiric heroes of thes...

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Mar 27, 2026

What is the Silver Surfer's problem? Well, there are many. First is boredom. It has to be dull striking an endless pose atop a plank of reflective m...

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70% - Screamer
Mar 23, 2026

"All you've got to do is go forwards and turn left and right – and brake if you're a wuss." Such were the words of Graffiti Interactive, in ...

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The mission of Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is twofold. First, to deliver a modest campaign: five or so hours of relentless first-person shoo...

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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake isn't quite right. Developed by Team Ninja, the new game is really a remake of Project Zero 2: Wii Edition...

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Our first duty, when it comes to John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, is to work out the weight of that apostrophe. I would love to report that Carpent...

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70% - Reanimal
Feb 11, 2026

In the new puzzle-platformer from Tarsier Studios, Reanimal, you get to drive an ice cream van. That may come as a shock, given that this developer m...

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Feb 10, 2026

It goes without saying that the new game from Grasshopper Manufacture is a mess. But that's neither here nor there. You don't buy this studio's ...

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Jan 19, 2026

What is going on in France? The game that conquered the public heart, last year, was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It was made by Sandfall Interactiv...

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There is a fine and foolish tradition, in games, of world-enriching context being delivered via the medium of graffiti. This includes the practical, e...

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Nov 23, 2025

Silent Hill 2 came out in 2001, and we have all been miserable ever since. It is a fine misery, the kind you keep close to your heart. Nothing has mat...

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70% - Keeper
Nov 9, 2025

Of all the heroes that games have given us, a lighthouse seems quite unlikely. They do a fine job as portals, liable to rocket into the heavens or sin...

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Oct 31, 2025

Some games just keep bouncing back. Though technically a new release, Ball x Pit is rich in echoes of bygone classics. It isn't, as you may think, a...

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A new Alien game has come bursting out. Apparently, it crept onto PlayStation VR2 late last year, and, shame on me, I didn't notice. How fitting: i...

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Sep 22, 2025

Hinako, a girl in her early teens, leaves home in the midst of an argument with her father. Still in her school uniform, she heads off to meet her fri...

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